An impressive £81m development has been completed in Glasgow's Merchant City.

A 346-home built-to-rent scheme, now finished, is part of the wider Candleriggs Square transformation project.

It is designed to "meet the increasing demand for high-quality city centre rental accommodation".

Next to the apartments, there is also a range of retail and commercial units at ground floor level.

And the entrance lobby opens onto Glasgow’s Trongate, providing direct access to a communal landscaped courtyard at the first-floor level, while a range of roof terraces provide spectacular views across the city.

Candleriggs Square Build-to-Rent for Legal & General from Drum Property Group on Vimeo.

The £300m development is a joint venture between Drum Property Group and Stamford Investments.

Also included in it is the 494-room Social Hub Glasgow, Scotland’s largest hotel by room numbers, which opened in April this year.  

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Graeme Bone, group managing director of Drum Property Group, said: “Candleriggs Square is now starting to come alive, fulfilling the development vision we outlined when we first took ownership of the site in 2019.

"With the completion of the L&G apartments and the opening of The Social Hub Glasgow, we are seeing this vital part of the city centre, which had lain dormant for more than 20 years, take shape in spectacular fashion.

“Candleriggs Square has always been at the centre of Glasgow’s commercial and social development, and this completion will be a huge boost to the area and to local businesses.

"We can now positively look forward to bringing back to life a very special area which has always been at the centre of Glasgow’s commercial and social development.”

Dan Batterton, head of Residential at Legal & General Investment, added: “We are delighted to reach completion of at Candleriggs Square, bringing a new community to the heart of the Merchant City.

"Helping to meet Glasgow’s increasing demand for high-quality rental housing, the site offers a well-designed, flexible living space integrated within the broader regeneration of the city centre. We look forward to welcoming our first residents in the coming months.

"Having launched our build-to-rent strategy in 2016, we have since deployed over £3 billion of institutional capital into the sector and expanded our portfolio to 24 schemes across 13 cities – we’ve been on a rapid trajectory of growth and look forward to continuing with this as precedent.”